Tales of Dark-skinned Women: Race, Gender and Global Culture

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UCL Press, 1998 - Social Science - 390 pages

Exploring the way race and gender are portrayed in popular culture, this text focuses on the representation of black women. It incorporates a discussion of the politics of representation in Britain and North America, and the shift from negative stereotypes to positive images to postmodern knowingness. The author pays particular attention to the reach of various race/gender literacies, most notably the impact of North American racial discourse on British conceptions of Asian and Afro-Caribbean femininity.

About the author (1998)

Gargi Bhattacharyya is Lecturer in Cultural Studies and Sociology at the University of Birmingham.

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